I've found it, yes, after years of flying with young children I've finally found the ultimate, stress-free start to my holidays.
Getting to the airport to catch your flight can be stressful at the best of times, but factor in a baby and couple of young children and your stress levels alone can hit 30,000 feet.
The logistics of getting to the airport, parking the car in the long-term car park and getting the shuttle bus to the airport terminal with children in tow can seem like a military operation.
But, at last, I've discovered a service that can reduce the strain - meet and greet parking - the ultimate stress-free start, and end, to a holiday.
Meet and Greet parking, sometimes called chauffeur or valet parking, is the most convenient form of airport parking for the following reasons: oYou drive directly to the airport terminal where a member of the parking staff is there to meet you and collect your car oYou take your luggage, and children, and walk directly into the terminal building oOn your return, your car is waiting right outside the airport terminal oWhen the children are getting ratty and you just want to get home, you can hop in your car and be on the motorway before your fellow passengers have even reached their cars! Meet and Greet airport parking is growing in popularity and is no longer a service predominantly used by business travellers.
Passengers with children, the disabled and those with heavy sports equipment are beginning to realise this is a 'must have' addition to their travel arrangements.
Meet and Greet airport parking is certainly on my holiday 'must have' list.
Yes, it is more expensive than the traditional long-stay car park, but it saves me time and, more importantly, saves my children stress.
Now you know my secret, add Meet and Greet parking to your holiday.
Once you've tried it you'll never park any other way!